Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

In his speech at the opening of the meeting, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu reminded that he had assumed the chairmanship of the Turkish side of the Türkiye-Pakistan Bilateral Joint Chamber and said, “We have carried out many productive works together. Under his leadership, we broke records in export volume despite the recession in the world. Our share in world markets exceeded 1 percent for the first time.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Minister Bolat pioneered the preparation and implementation of regulations for the effective and healthy functioning of the domestic market and said, “In this way, for example, order and order came to the zero and second-hand markets in the automotive sector. We have always witnessed the importance he attached to dialogue and consultation for years, and now we see the same visionary and determined approach in his ministerial duty. We find this approach of our minister very valuable in terms of solving the problems experienced by our sectors.”

- Trade Minister Ömer Bolat

Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat informed the joint council with a broad presentation on the activities for 2023. Bolat stated that some countries export with dumping and diversion of origin, and said, “There are countries that try not to buy our products, countries that create customs barriers and non-tariff barriers. We are not in the position of docile sheep at this point. We are implementing and will continue to implement an active trade policy in terms of countries and their products that harm our domestic and national production and do things against the rules of the World Trade Organization.”

- “There is no decline in our trade with the EU”

In his speech, Minister Bolat stated that Türkiye's export situation with the United States is good, “There is a slight decrease in our exports, but we maintain our position. There is no decline in our trade with the EU. Our trade with Europe has increased to 210 billion dollars.”

Stating that they have achieved a 7-fold increase in the last 21 years with 255.8 billion dollars of exports, Minister Bolat said, “Our 2024 target is 267 billion dollars. In other words, we need to achieve an increase of approximately 4 to 5 percent.”